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A while back, I wrote about the possibility of social automation leading to digital dopplegangers who stayed around long after our deaths (Digital Ghosts – Something creepy this way comes). Looks like I’m not the only one who’s been thinking about this topic.

You know how you generally shouldn’t say things if you have to preempt them with a qualifying statement like, “I don’t mean to be rude, but…” or “I don’t mean to seem racist, but…” Okay, well, while I generally think that’s a great rule, I’m going to go ahead and violate it with this post. (No, I’m not going to be racist.)

So, here goes:

I don’t mean to be a conspiracy theorist, but…

Thinking (and writing) about social media automation and digital ghosts has got me thinking (and apparently writing) about online identity theft and impersonation. The pieces of ourselves that we’re leaving around the internet may allow for us to have ghosts – even before we’re gone; I’m going to call them digital doppelgangers.Continue reading →

Here are two topics that I’ve been following coming together in a creepy, creepy way: social automation and social network profiles that remain after death.

I’ve been thinking about social media automation for a while now as it’s been cropping up more and more in discussions of personal branding and social media marketing. Although automated social media may seem to be a bit of an oxymoron (how can you be social if you’re not actually participating?), it’s definitely the future, especially for celebrity and corporate presences on social networks.Continue reading →

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Here are two topics that I’ve been following coming together in a creepy, creepy way: social automation and social network profiles that remain after death. I’ve been thinking about social media automation for a while now as it’s been cropping up more and more in discussions of personal branding and social media marketing. Although automated […]

The era of the big box bookstore is coming to an end and I, for one, am saddened by this. Yes, I know they were big, bad corporate giants that came in and destroyed neighborhood bookstores and coffee shops, ending third places and stifling locally-owned businesses in many communities. All that’s true – and awful. […]

In honor of the release of HP 7.5 this weekend, I bring you an excerpt of my thesis, “The Branding of Harry Potter: How Fanfiction is Challenging Concepts of Owner and Author”. Before jumping in, here’s what you need to know: I love Harry Potter and I love fanfiction; not in the way that I […]

Today SocialTimes has an article about Twitter, hyper-text, and the evolution of storytelling (Are Twitter Storytellers the Heroes of a New Postmodernism?). It’s written by Amanda Cosco who is proving to be my social media soul mate – recently she’s written articles on foodies, citizen journalists, Lady Gaga, and super hot nerds. Ms. Cosco discusses […]

A few days ago, Chris Sullivan of MyNorthwest.com wrote an article called “The art of storytelling in a world of technology”. He asked if you can tell a story over Twitter and wondered if the limitations of the medium limited the message. He quoted professional storyteller Anne Rutherford as saying “Whatever their age, whatever their […]